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The best classical morning music

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.

0930 Playlist starter 鈥� listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1010 Song of the Day 鈥� harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1045 Playlist reveal 鈥� a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1130 Slow Moment 鈥� time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

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Fri 12 Jan 2024 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Hugo Alfv茅n

    Shepherd Girl's Dance (The Mountain King)

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar; Salonen.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.

  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet No 2 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Ecce sacerdos

    Choir: Choir of St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh. Ensemble: Royal Scottish Academy of Music Brass. Conductor: Duncan Ferguson.
    • DELPHIAN.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No 21 in C Major 'Waldstein' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8 "Path茅tique", 14 "Moonlight", 17 "The Tempest",.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.

  • Joanna Marsh

    In Winter's House

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Morning Star: Music for Epiphany Down the Ages.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Barber of Seville (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Rossini OverturesThe Chamber Orchestra Of Europe.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 1.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Magnolia - suite for piano: Part 2; Mammy

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • My Cup Runneth Over.
    • NAVONA.
    • 4.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in E flat major, Op 33 No 2, 'The Joke' (Finale)

    Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Adagio in G minor

    Music Arranger: Remo Giazotto. Orchestra: Richard Hickox Orchestra. Performer: Alastair Ross. Performer: Simon Standage. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Weekend Classics: Baroque Weekend: Pachelbel/Albinoni/Handel/Vivaldi.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Scherzo in D minor

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Dances from Aleko & Scherzo in D Minor.
    • Telarc.
    • 5.

  • Maurice Ravel

    3 Po猫mes de St茅phane Mallarm茅: Placet futile

    Singer: Sandrine Piau. Orchestra: Orchestre Victor Hugo. Conductor: Jean-Fran莽ois Verdier.
    • ALPHA.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto no.2 in G major Op.44 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Xiayin Wang. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.
    • Tchaikovsky / Khachaturian: Piano Concertos.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Wind Octet in E flat major, Op.103 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Bl盲serensemble Sabine Meyer.
    • Beethoven: Octet etc.: Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble.
    • EMI.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10 (opening chorus)

    Ensemble: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 11.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 54.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Havanaise Op.83

    Performer: Sarah Chang. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch.
    • EMI.

  • Herbert Murrill

    Carillon

    Performer: Simon Preston.
    • Grandes Toccatas For Organ.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 15.

  • Henry Purcell

    What pow'r art thou (King Arthur)

    Singer: Stephen Varcoe. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Purcell - King Arthur.
    • ERATO.
    • 18.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 4 in G Major: I. Bed盲chtig. Nicht eilen

    Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • Mahler: Symphony No.鈥�4 in G Major.
    • BIS.
    • 101.

  • David Lang

    The Little Match Girl Passion: We Sit and Cry

    Ensemble: Theatre of Voices. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Mandolin Concerto in G Major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Avi Avital. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 13.

  • John Williams

    Superman (Main theme)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Rhino.

  • Karl Davydov

    At the Fountain, Op.20 no.2

    Performer: Leonid Gorokhov. Performer: Colin Stone.
    • Olympia.

  • Henry Purcell

    The Fairy Queen (First music - Prelude)

    Conductor: Harry Christophers. Orchestra: Orchestra of The Sixteen.
    • Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629: The Sixteen, Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.
    • 1-5.

  • William Byrd

    Civitas sancti tui

    Ensemble: Contrapunctus. Conductor: Owen Rees.
    • Libera Nos - The Cry of the Oppressed.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Mambo (West Side Story)

    Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra.
    • Bernstein: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Suite, Slava!, CBS Music & A Bernstein Birth.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Scherzo (Lyric Pieces, Book 5)

    Performer: Katya Apekisheva.
    • Grieg: Piano Music: Katya Apekisheva.
    • Quartz.

  • William Walton

    Bagatelle No 2 (Five Bagatelles for guitar)

    Performer: Julian Bream.
    • The Essential Julian Bream.
    • RCA.
    • 9.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Alto Rhapsody Op.53

    Singer: Ann Hallenberg. Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Orchestra: Orchestre des Champs鈥惷塴ys茅es. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • PHI.

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